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Brides saving thousands of dollars through thrifty wedding spending

11:58 PM / BY luckbailey
Brides are shedding thousands of unnecessary dollars from their big days and still getting their dream weddings by shopping on buy, swap and sell website Gumtree. Every bride and groom knows wedding costs can be astronomical. But thanks to some thrifty thinking, newlywed Alannah Poole believes she got her dream day for a dream price and saved $10,000 in the process. "It is just one day," she told A Current Affair. "It's important not to really...

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Mothers Day Gift Guide

8:24 PM / BY luckbailey
‘Inside Vogue’ | Amazon, Daisy Perfume | Marc Jacobs, Candle | L’Occitane, Cleanser and moisturiser | Liz Earle, Beauty Products | L’Occitane, Bracelets | Pandora Mothers day is only a few weeks away and it gives us all a chance to show just how amazing some of the lovely women in our lives are. It’s not only your mum you can thank, as I also buy presents for both my grandmothers and my aunty’s as...

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What could go wrong with a million-dollar wedding? Check out the million-dollar lawsuit

7:22 PM / BY luckbailey
Washington A-listers Joan and Bernard Carl wanted a beautiful wedding for their oldest child. And for the most part, they got it. The lavish June 2015 celebration for 250 guests in the garden of their Southampton estate was gorgeous. The bride wore Oscar de la Renta. There were 3,500 white roses individually studded into the lawn, a five-course dinner beneath massive chandeliers of greenery and a seven-tier wedding cake. The mother of the bride commissioned...

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Within Reach - Wineries and Weddings, the Five Best

11:53 PM / BY luckbailey
With over 200 wineries in the immediate region, many who beautifully host weddings and receptions, the happy “couple to be” has an enormous range of excellent places to choose from.As a former wedding photographer, I have been treated royally by some, and not so by others. So I’ll recount the 5 best wineries to host events – at least the five best that I have experience with.These are in no particular order. All are first...

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